I am writing a simple Entity Component System framework in which I want to use variadic templates to get more flexible interface. For each component I have offset (from the begining of chunk's memory) stored in std::array
. In my 'update()' method I would like to read offset from this array, add it to chunk's pointer and pass pointer (to specific component) directly to lambda as a parameter. I tried to use std::index_sequence
, but I wasn't able to use this index as an index of tuple and array at the same time.
Thanks in advance for help.
template<typename ...Cn>
class SystemGroup {
public:
using OffsetArray = std::array<uint16_t, sizeof...(Cn)>;
static constexpr size_t kMaxGroups = 16;
static constexpr GroupIndex kInvalidIndex = -1;
struct Group {
static constexpr uint8_t kNumComponents = sizeof...(Cn);
OffsetArray componentOffsets;
Chunk *pFirstChunk;
};
};
template<typename ...Cn>
void SystemGroup<Cn...>::update() {
for (auto group : m_groups) {
// iterate over archetype's chunks
ecs::Chunk *pChunk = group.pFirstChunk;
do {
// get component data
std::tuple<Cn*...> pointers;
// Here is the problem. I don't know how to iterate over tuple and array using variadic templates
// pointers[0] = pChunk->memory + m_groups.componentOffsets[0];
// pointers[1] = pChunk->memory + m_groups.componentOffsets[1];
// pointers[sizeof..(Cn)] = pChunk->memory + m_groups.componentOffsets[sizeof..(Cn)];
auto updateComponents = [](int *pIntegers, float *pFloats) {
};
std::apply(updateComponents, pointers);
pChunk = pChunk->header.pNext;
} while(pChunk);
}
}
EDIT Thank you all for your help. I decided to choose solution proposed by max66. Of course I split definition and call of lambda to make it more readable.
Add a few helper functions:
template <typename Integer, Integer ...I, typename F>
constexpr void constexpr_for_each(std::integer_sequence<Integer, I...>, F &&func)
{
(func(std::integral_constant<Integer, I>{}) , ...);
}
template <auto N, typename F>
constexpr void constexpr_for(F &&func)
{
if constexpr (N > 0)
constexpr_for_each(std::make_integer_sequence<decltype(N), N>{}, std::forward<F>(func));
}
Then you can do this:
constexpr_for<sizeof...(Cn)>([&](auto index)
{
constexpr auto i = index.value;
std::get<i>(pointers) = pChunk->memory + m_groups.componentOffsets[i];
});
Given that you accept a C++20 answer... what about using a template lambda with a fold expression inside it ? [caution: code not tested]
std::tuple<Cn*...> pointers;
[&]<std::size_t ... Is>(std::index_sequence<Is...>)
{ ((std::get<Is>(pointers) = pChunk->memory + m_groups.componentOffsets[Is]), ...); }
(std::make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Cn)>{});
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